Hoover Fellow, Director Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative, Stanford University. Research on international security, emerging technology, wargames. Views are my own. https://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lqvf3sb6ru2oMine and Julia Macdonald's new podcast on autonomy--from mines to missiles to drones--is now available! Follow the people behind America's unmanned arsenal from the revolutionary war to Afghanistan, Ukraine, and looking to the future. https://www.hoover.org/research/episode-1-hand-behind-unmanned-americas-quest-autonomous-war05 Jun 2025 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqvf3sb6ru2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3logsml6ary27The Hand Behind Unmanned on CSPAN https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/user-clip-main-argument/516233805 May 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3logsml6ary27https://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3ll52wqwodm2sThe Hand Behind Unmanned book launch is coming to DC! Join us wednesday March 26th at 5:30 at the Hoover DC office. https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/6dr7693/lp/dd3e2c56-a1e4-4e02-bf9e-18d07143442c24 Mar 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll52wqwodm2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lkqkqoh62525Women of Wargaming featuring @spettyjohn.bsky.social Bethany Goldblum and Emma Barrosa youtu.be/NP224DLDSCs?... https://youtu.be/NP224DLDSCs?..19 Mar 2025 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqkqoh62525https://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lker3lzdsa2hWomen of Wargaming! @spettyjohn.bsky.social14 Mar 2025 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lker3lzdsa2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lkcb6w6o7a2eWow. This office played such a large role in modern US military thought. Check out our book to understand how they influenced multiple generations on the future of war. https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4119924/secretary-of-defense-directs-restructuring-of-the-office-of-net-assessment-to-a/13 Mar 2025 23:36 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkcb6w6o7a2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3ljtndwr4gh27They forgot to include our grant in this announcement. “Deterrence in Space- Integrated or Entangled? A wargaming approach.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Mar 2025 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljtndwr4gh27https://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3ljqevrgv7g2lThe official Hand Behind Unmanned book launch is coming to DC Mar 26th. Join us at the Hoover office at 5:30 for a discussion moderated by Michael Horowitz followed by reception. And we’ll be announcing a new project w/1st access to those at the launch! https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/6dr7693?source_id=cd677940-81cf-4f57-8cf1-24a1b27ffeaa&source_type=em&c=LZxnhSCMK-sLRRRzgL0oNUioNi9nNXCxEHxNu0s9R7uZgMmdsVX5_w==06 Mar 2025 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqevrgv7g2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lj74v54qks2hBig thanks to Middlebury for having me this afternoon to talk The Hand Behind Unmanned this afternoon!28 Feb 2025 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj74v54qks2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lj4576ylzk2fTrumps DOD listed one way attack/attritable systems as a top priority. But what are the politics behind these technologies? Check out our discussion @stanfordcisac.bsky.social yesterday on my new book with Julia Macdonald. https://youtu.be/pUId7_8qLg4?si=Xr0cSqJVOEiPUATT26 Feb 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj4576ylzk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lizmk4f3rp2iStarting soon! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2025 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizmk4f3rp2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3liwv5wa4mi2sWant to know more about the politics behind why we buy some unmanned weapons and not others? I'll be discussing my new book with Julia Macdonald @stanfordcisac.bsky.social at 12PT. Join us in person if you're in the bay area or virtually here: https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/hand-behind-unmanned-jacquelyn-schneider24 Feb 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwv5wa4mi2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lhtsnm7uyr2pOn Friday Secretary of Defense Hegseth warned that, "There's a lot of programs around here that we’ve spent a lot of money on that, when you actually wargame it, don't have the impact you want them to." When he said that, we probably all had a favorite system (or two) that came to mind. ;) 🧵10 Feb 2025 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtsnm7uyr2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lhmwueb4cj2jToday we filmed a brief video for Hoover Library & Archives in Hoover’s new Shultz Auditorium. We talked Schelling, Berlin, the Cuban missile crisis, and the mess bill at Camp David for Henry Kissinger & others. Stay tuned for more! #history #archives #wargaming08 Feb 2025 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhmwueb4cj2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lguaasxx3v2uSuch an honor to be in Japan to discuss analytic wargaming and our work at Hoover’s Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative. https://www.nids.mod.go.jp/english/event/connections/index.html29 Jan 2025 05:26 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lguaasxx3v2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lgtgjcmuor2uYou can get our book on Amazon! a.co/d/4idOeBJ https://a.co/d/4idOeBJ28 Jan 2025 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtgjcmuor2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lgdqklc2w326It’s out! https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-hand-behind-unmanned-978019006438922 Jan 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgdqklc2w326https://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lfusmxuomn2sAt Naval Postgraduate School today introducing the new book! https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-hand-behind-unmanned-978019006438916 Jan 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfusmxuomn2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lffv6dho262wI've been so proud of my involvement with this dialogue and how we've been able to create consensus between US and China participants about the risks of AI for nuclear use and strategic stability. Check out our conversation below! https://www.youtube.com/live/pq3yfFmDwwA?si=bQaoN5Gen53jhQlp10 Jan 2025 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffv6dho262whttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3ld7knv3vfy2hA year ago, I was in New Zealand with Julia Macdonald finishing our book and today, that book is forthcoming on January 15 with Oxford University Press. Follow us here for more updates on the book launch! #innovation #drones #mines #missiles #UGV #UUV #autonomy #satellite13 Dec 2024 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7knv3vfy2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3ld2rdp6zqt27Check out my new video on the Olympiad Games of 1962. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDdC_cxTvYW/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==11 Dec 2024 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2rdp6zqt27https://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lcnnvmpq6j2tOne of those rare academic joys, reviewing a genuinely good book. Congrats Erica Lonergan and Shawn Lonergan on a a really wonderful contribution to the cyber and international security literature. https://issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/RJISSF-Roundtable-16-17.pdf06 Dec 2024 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnnvmpq6j2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lcjenbo6to2bNothing quite says midlife like sitting at an important conversation about defense budgets with former cabinet level officials and having your phone blow up with your tweens group chat. Slayyyyyyyyy badddy. SO AESTHETIC.05 Dec 2024 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcjenbo6to2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lcgfv4ee7o2zIntegrated or entangled? Space Wargaming workshop with this awesome team from Georgia Tech and USAFA. Thanks for comments from Erik Gartzke, @aaronbateman.bsky.social, Clay Moltz, Ben Bahney, and Gabby Lin.03 Dec 2024 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgfv4ee7o2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lce7xcwbjp2tThe Secret Pentagon War Game That ​Offers a Stark​ Warning for Our Times. Want to know more about the Proud Prophet wargame discussed in this weekends NY Times magazine? Link to the (heavily redacted) report as well as memos between CIA and DOD below. https://dnyuz.com/2024/12/02/the-secret-pentagon-war-game-that-offers-a-stark-warning-for-our-times/02 Dec 2024 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lce7xcwbjp2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lburutnh7j27San Francisco Aviation Museum- what an exciting find for all you aviation and history nerds!26 Nov 2024 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lburutnh7j27https://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lbrwsypk732uAs Russia increases its threats of escalation, NATO and the UK are sounding the alarm about potential cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. Check out my interview with BBC. #cyber #escalation25 Nov 2024 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbrwsypk732uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jackieschneider.bsky.social/post/3lbkspibfpu2cJust a girl trying to kill another budget busting, silo-creating decision for another military service. https://breakingdefense.com/2024/11/lawmakers-backing-separate-cyber-force-see-opening-with-trumps-return/22 Nov 2024 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:itwrdk47duuyfd5eemh4ro3m/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkspibfpu2c